NESA Terms

Question 0

Theme

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Central message of a work that readers can apply to life

Question 1

Egalhor

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Figure of speech that compares two essentially unlike things that have something in common

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Tone

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Writers attitude toward his or her subject

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Allusion

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Indirect reference to a person, place, or literary work

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined

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Authors Perspective

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Unique combination of ideas, values, and beliefs that influence a writers outlook on a topic

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Pathos

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Emotional appeal

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Authors Purpose

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Reasons for writing

• Inform
• Entertain
• Express
• Persuade

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Bass word

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A word at its most simple form in which prefixes and suffixes can be added

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Cause & Effect

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Essay that presents a research or motive or basis and then presents its result or consequence

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Characterization

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Methods a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character

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Compare and Contrast

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To identify similarities and differences between two or more subjects

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Context Clues

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Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word

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Description

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Create an image of the subject with words

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Dialect

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A variation of a language as it is spoken in one geographical area

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Epiphany

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An “Aha!” Moment; a characters moment of revelation

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External Conflict

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Protagonist struggle with outside forces:

• Nature
• Society
• Another character, etc.

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Flashback

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Scene that interrupts that action to describe events that took place earlier

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Inverted Sentence

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A reversal in the expected order of words

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Irony

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Contract between what is expected and what actually happens

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Organizational Pattern

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Particular structure of an essay

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Parallel Structure

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Term writers use to describe similar ideas expressed in similar ways

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Prefix

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A letter or group of letters attached to the beginning of a word adds to its meaning

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Propaganda

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A form of communication that may use distorted false, or mis leading information

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Proposition/ Support

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Essay uses logic and reason to show that one idea is more legitimate than another idea

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Question/ Answer

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Informs reader about a complex problem, followed by actions that could be taken to remedy by problem

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Recurring Theme

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Theme that shows up in a variety of works

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Root word

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The form of a word after all affixes are removed cannot stand alone as a word

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Suffix

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A letter/ group of letters attached to the end of a word and add to its meaning

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Summarize

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Briefly retell, or encapsulate, the main ideas of a piece of writing in ones own words

Question 31

Science Fictions

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Writing that deals with the impact of technology on society and individuals

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Mood

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Feeling the author creates for the reader

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Foreshadowing

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Writers use of hints or clues to indicate events that will happen in a story

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Inference

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A determination arrived at by reasoning; using facts to arrive at a broader conclusion

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Personification

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Figure of speech that gives human characteristics to animals, objects, or an idea

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Inferred Theme

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Type of theme that is not directly stated or made of obvious

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Plot

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Sequence of actions and events in a literary work

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Symbol

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A person, place, or thing that has concrete meaning in itself, but also beyond itself

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Point of View

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Vantage point of the narrator

Question 40

Internal Conflict

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A characters struggle with ones self

Question 41

Setting

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Place and time where a scene takes place